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Google Cloud's London zone takes UK banking down with it, the US bars DeepSeek from federal agencies, and Microsoft puts AI agents on the insider-threat list.
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Amazon pledges €16 billion for Germany in 2027, covering data centers, a satellite program and Prime Video production, on top of more than €100 billion invested in the country since 2010.
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Markets · Mon, Oct 19 US stocks finished Monday with buyers stepping in, even as worries persist that the AI trade's nightmare scenario is far from over.
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